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...Some of them are not surprising. "Al Gonzales is a great friend of mine," President Bush said last week in response to the conservative assault over Gonzales' ambiguous views on abortion. "When a friend gets attacked, I don't like it." But Democrats--who blasted the former White House counsel during his Senate confirmation hearings for calling the Geneva convention "quaint," among other things--have also had unexpectedly kind words. "Alberto Gonzales is qualified," declared Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid. "He's Attorney General of the United States and a former Texas judge...
After graduating from HLS, Roberts headed inside the beltway. He clerked for William H. Rehnquist, who was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court at the time. Following his clerkship, Roberts went on to work in the offices of the Attorney General and the White House Counsel. He also served as Principal Deputy Solicitor General under Kenneth W. Starr in the first Bush Administration...
After leaving that firm, Gonzales served as Bush’s legal counsel, Secretary of State of Texas, and as a justice on the Texas state supreme court...
...when Bush moved into the White House in 2001, he brought Gonzales with him. Gonzales served as White House Counsel for four years before he was promoted to Attorney General last November...
...Harvard Office of General Counsel did not respond to repeated requests for comment this week...